Blueberry Park Chatter

There is a lot of media circulating regarding some place called Blueberry Park. Despite living here most of my life, following map links and reading Metro Parks press releases, I have yet to discover where this park is located...

It's slightly removed from 72nd but is a pretty large place. Most of it is "undeveloped" meaning there's trees, the rows and rows of blueberry bushes, and lots of stuff that goats are helping clear out.

Overall I'd say it's a charming place especially since you're free and welcome to pick the blueberries.

My husband read in the paper that Saturday is Park Appreciation Day. From 9:00 to noon volunteer can do some clean up work. Blueberry Park is one of the parks listed in the story. Figured it was a great way to finally check the place out, and do some good works. Other parks listed: Alderwood Park, McKinley Park, Oak Tree Park, Point Defiance Park, Puget Creek Gulch, Ruston Way Waterfront, Swan Creek, Tacoma Nature Center, Titlow Park, Wapato Park.

Those are all great spots and certainly deserve some TLC from the community. Blueberry Park is a real gem and I hope to make it out there, if not to appreciate it as a volunteer, to see the hungry goats.

Oops - -sorry, got my facts wrong. My husband did see a blurb about volunteering at Blueberry Park for cleanup this saturday, but it's not Park Appreciation Date as earlier stated. This is what happens when you try to do things before the first cup of coffee. Although I'm pretty sure the other parks wouldn't mind if you stopped by and did some cleanup, it is not a scheduled event.